“We’ve heard people across Ontario are anxious about the federal legislation of cannabis,” Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said in a statement Friday. “The province is moving forward with a safe and sensible approach to legalization that will ensure we can keep our communities and roads safe, promote public health and harm reduction, and protect Ontario’s people.”

The Justin Trudeau government will legalize marijuana by next July.

Ontario intends to launch 80 pot stores over the first year and up to 150 stores by 2020, according to the government.

Most of the first stores will be located where most “illegal” pot dispensaries are located.

The pot sales are expected to cover the cost of setting up a new section of the LCBO to sell the product.

Ontario has agreed with the federal government on legal possession limits — up to 30 grams for an adult and up to five grams for a youth.

Governments who fought so brutally hard against legalization are now going to arrest everyone else & profit themselves?! Infuriating/unjust.

— The approach is modeled on the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, which regulates the sale of alcohol throughout the province

— The proposed minimum age to use, purchase and possess recreational cannabis in Ontario will be 19, the same as the current minimum age for alcohol

— The use of recreational marijuana will be prohibited in public places and workplaces.

— The LCBO will oversee the legal retail of cannabis in Ontario through new stand-alone cannabis stores and an online order service.

— LCBO stores selling cannabis won’t be selling alcohol

— Approximately 150 stand-alone stores will be opened by 2020, including 40 in July 2018, servicing all regions of the province.

— Online distribution will be available across Ontario from July 2018 onward through a site run by the LCBO

— Illicit cannabis dispensaries are not and will not be legal retailers. The province will pursue an enforcement strategy, working with municipalities, local police services, the OPP and the federal government to help shut them down

— Ontario will prohibit individuals under the age of 19 from possessing or consuming recreational cannabis, which will allow police to confiscate small amounts of cannabis from young people. The province’s approach to protecting youth will focus on prevention, diversion, and harm reduction without unnecessarily bringing them into contact with the justice system.

— Pricing and taxation decisions will come at a later date

— Legislation regulating the control of marijuana will be introduced in the fall